Shloka 21

Adhyāya 249 — Mṛtyu-prādurbhāvaḥ (The Manifestation of Death) / Restraint of Tejas and Ordered Saṃhāra

Devanagari script

आत्मज्ञानमिदं गुहां सर्वगुह्मृतमं महत्‌ । अब्र॒ुवं यदहं तात आत्मसाक्षिकमञ्जसा

Transliteration

ātmajñānam idaṁ guhāṁ sarvaguhyṛtamaṁ mahat | abruvaṁ yad ahaṁ tāta ātmasākṣikam añjasā ||

Translation

คำสอนแห่งอาตมญาณนี้เป็นความลับอันลึกซึ้ง—ยิ่งกว่าความลับทั้งปวง เป็นความลับอันยิ่งใหญ่และหวงแหนที่สุด ที่เรากล่าวแก่เจ้า โอ้ผู้เป็นที่รักนั้น มีอาตมันเป็นพยานโดยตรง และสามารถประจักษ์ได้โดยง่าย

Word by Word

• आत्मज्ञानम्: knowledge of the Self
• आत्मज्ञानम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मज्ञान
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• गुह्यम्: secret
• गुह्यम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुह्य
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• सर्वगुह्यतमम्: the most secret of all
• सर्वगुह्यतमम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वगुह्यतम
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• महत्: great
• महत्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अब्रुवम्: I said / I spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू
• Form: Imperfect (Lan), First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यत्: which (that which)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अहम्
• Form: Nominative, Singular

• तात: dear one / son (vocative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• आत्मसाक्षिकम्: having the Self as witness / self-attested
• आत्मसाक्षिकम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आत्मसाक्षिक
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अञ्जसा: directly, plainly, truly
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अञ्जसा

Speaker

व्यास उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa